Featured Heroes and Heroines

Aba Jefar II (1861-1932) was the fifth and most important King of Jimma, a Muslim state in south-western Ethiopia, which he ruled from 1878 to...

Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...

Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 26/27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years, and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian...

Lej Hailemariam Mammo (1909-June 6, 1938) was a Patriot of the Ethiopian resistance to the Italian occupation of (1936-1941) and was famed for his courage....

George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president of the United...

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was the most outstanding of the Afro-American militant civil rights leaders at the...

Sir Patrick Duncan (December 1870-July 17, 1943), lawyer and administrator, played a role in the formation of the Union of South Africa. He later became...

Ernest Samuel Beoku-Betts (March 15, 1895 – September 23, 1957) was one of the most outstanding Krio (Creole) liberals of his time. As one of...

Balcha (1862-November 5, 1936) was a famous Ethiopian military leader and provincial governor of unknown parentage. He came from Gurage province. He was castrated and...

Pietro Badoglio (September 28, 1871 – November 1, 1956), an Italian general and statesmen was the first viceroy of Ethiopia during the Italian occupation (1936...